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The
Blackheath Poisonings
based
on the novel by Julian Symons; screenplay by Simon Raven
A
Central Films, Ltd. and WGBH/Boston co-production.
First broadcast on ITV, 7th December 1992.
Director: Stuart Orme
Producer: Stephen Smallwood
Executive Producer for Central Films: Ted Childs
Executive Producer for WGBH/Boston: Rebecca
Eaton
Cinematography: Dick Pope
Production Designer: Chris Edwards
Costume Designer: Jenny Beavan
Makeup: Cherry West
Music: Colin Towns
Running time: approx. 180 mins
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Cast
(in
alphabetical order) |
Christien Anholt.....Paul
Vandervent
George Anton.....Dr Hassall
Ian Bartholemew.....Jenkins
Janie Booth.....Wardress
Lucy Briers.....Maid
Gabrielle Cowburn.....Hilda
James Faulkner.....Roger Vandervent
Ronald Fraser.....Dr Porter
Bob Goody.....Thompkins
Kenneth Haigh.....Sir Charles Russell
Basil Hoskins.....Napier
Dafydd Hywel.....Sgt. Davis
Colin Jeavons.....Makepeace
Christine Kavanagh.....Isabel Collard
Rosalind Knight.....Lady Reading Poetry
Patrick Malahide.....Robert Dangerfield
Douglas McFerran.....Bookie's Clerk
Ian McNeice.....George Collard
Ralph Nossek.....Family Solicitor
Judy Parfitt.....Harriet Collard
Andrew Robertson.....Landlord
Danny Schiller.....Morley
Julia St. John.....Beatrice Vandervent
Richard Strange.....Oscar Wilde
Donald Sumpter.....Insp. Titmarsh
Zoë Wanamaker.....Charlotte Collard
Nicholas Woodeson.....Bertie Williams |
Production |
| The Collards and
Vandervents, owners of a successful toy-making company, appear
to be the very epitome of the respectable gentry. When
their old adversary Dangerfield returns after his self-imposed
exile abroad, however, his presence reawakens old rivalries and
exposes long-buried secrets. After members of both
families die in suspicious circumstances, young Paul begins an
investigation into their deaths. It soon becomes apparent
that there are more revelations to come. A murder mystery
set in the nineteenth century. |
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